Today just a handful of dominant corporations dictate who farms, what they farm, and what Americans eat.
For the first time, Farm Action has gathered definitive evidence of excessive market concentration across all food and agriculture sectors — from inputs like seed and fertilizer, to agriculture markets, to capital and risk management — all in one place on our Agriculture Consolidation Data Hub. The cornerstone of this hub is Farm Action’s new in-depth report, “Kings Over the Necessaries of Life”: Monopolization and the Elimination of Competition in America’s Agriculture System.
Join us for remarks by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter and a discussion with paper author Basel Musharbash to learn about the current state of food and agriculture consolidation — and how this isn’t the first time corporations have had a stranglehold on our economy. We’ll dive into the policies that got us here, as well as the work currently underway to free our economy. While important progress is being made, we can’t stop there. We’ll discuss how the U.S. government can take swift action to rein in the dominant corporations so our economy works for farmers, workers, and consumers.
